Back in 2017 when even IMD did not issue seasonal update for NEM our first outlook was put up. Initially the outlooks were mostly based on seasonal OLR charts or Hovmollers from CFS. Gradually the availability of ECMWF seasonal forecasts provided another tool to look into while making seasonal outlooks. Over time these seasonal outlooks…
Category: COMK Analysis
Cauvery Basin benefits from early season flourish
Cauvery is not just a river for lakhs and lakhs of farmers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It is a life line. During times of drinking water crisis both the sister cities of South India, Bengaluru and Chennai, have taken the help of Cauvery. But it is also essential to mention Cauvery basin in the…
Cyclone impact for Tamil Nadu during late November
In recent years names like Vardah, Thane, Ockhi are etched in the memory of people from Tamil Nadu. These have one more thing in common apart from impacting Tamil Nadu. All of these are late season cyclones that formed during La Nina years. Old timers may remember the Dhanushkodi Cyclone, one of the strongest to…
NEM 2024 likely to be a season of non stop disturbances
One of the biggest challenges in disseminating weather information is striking a balance. Striking a balance between not triggering a panic and people dropping the guard. A similar dilemma is how far do you crystal gaze considering weather is very dynamic. But at time one decides prevention is better than cure. Today’s post is to…
Another year Mettur treated as a flood surplus reservoir
In less than 12 hours from the time this post goes live for the first time in 19 months Mettur will reach Full Reservoir Level. The mainstream media will carry about how it has reached FRL for the nth time in so many years etc. With the inflow expected to remain high today and tomorrow…